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CARDIOVASCULAR
GAMES
unfrozen (or is free). If the beanbag is
dropped, and falls to the floor, the frozen
student CANNOT pick it up. (This is
done to prevent the student from going
down to get the beanbag while a tagger
is attempting to intercept it). If a tagger
picks up a dropped beanbag or catches
one thrown in the air, then the beanbag
is given to the teacher and taken out of
circulation.
7. Students with beanbags are given
immunity from being tagged or frozen.
Students who have a beanbag must get
their beanbag to “frozen” students or
any student being pursued by a tagger
(beanbag must be airborne, not handed
off!) in a reasonable amount of time (10-
30 seconds).
8. Alternate taggers every couple of minutes.
Excuse Me
MATERIALS NEEDED: Small playground
cones (half as many cones as players);
beanbag, foam balls, or yarn balls for the
taggers.
Randomly disperse cones around a
marked off fairly large playing area. Put out
half as many cones as students. One student
is “the tagger.” (If you have a large class,
more than one person can be “the tagger.”)
The tagger holds an object (like a beanbag
or yarn ball) in their hand to signify they are
the tagger. They attempt to move through the
playing area attempting to tag other players
with their beanbag. If a player is tagged, he
or she takes the beanbag and becomes “the
tagger.”
To avoid being tagged, players can stand
over a cone, with one foot on each side.
When they are at a cone, they are “safe”
from being tagged. Only ONE student is
allowed to be at a cone at a time. The last
child to arrive at the cone gets to stay until
another child arrives. The child arriving at
the cone must say “excuse me.” This signifies
that the child currently at the cone must
leave. He or she may not come back to that
cone until he or she has been to another one
first.
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Snake
MATERIALS NEEDED: A stop watch and at
least one cone for every student
For every 10 students in your class set up
a row of cones. Each row should have at
least 10 cones about 2-3 feet apart. Have
the students get into groups (approximately
10-12 students in a group). Have each
group find a row of cones and have them
line up at one end of the row.
On the teacher’s “GO” signal, the first
student in line “snakes” around the cones.
To “snake”, students weave in and out
of the cones by walking. When the first
student reaches the third cone, the second
student in line begins to “snake”. When
the second student in line reaches the third
cone, the third student begins to “snake”,
etc. until all group members are “snaking”.
When the first student comes to the last
cone in the row, he/she must “snake” back
to the beginning. Students will begin moving
in and out of the cones in one direction
while other students are coming in the other
direction.
Students have to figure out how to get
around each other. They may not skip a
cone, touch a cone, or bump into another
student. If any group member does so, the
entire group must start the activity over.
Have groups see how long they can keep
the activity going or time each group individually
to see how long it takes for them to
“snake” through the cones from one end to
the other and then back to the beginning.
Challenge each group to improve their
time.
Note: All students must travel the same
path. For example, if the first student begins
by “snaking” to the right, then all students
must begin by “snaking” to the right.
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS:
Have the students walk first. Then change
the locomotor movement to skipping, running,
crab walking, etc. when the class has
successfully “snaked” by walking.
Gradually combine the groups, until the
entire class is “snaking” through one set of
cones.
Time the class and have them try to
improve their overall class time.